[169777] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: US to relinquish control of Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John R. Levine)
Fri Mar 14 23:13:58 2014
Date: 14 Mar 2014 23:13:23 -0400
From: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
To: "John Curran" <jcurran@arin.net>
In-Reply-To: <A7E6AA16-D02E-45DB-AE77-29A9FB805AD0@arin.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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>> I look forward to the ITU equitably allocating domain names and IP
>> addresses.
> "NTIA will not accept a proposal that replaces the NTIA role with a
> government or an inter-governmental organization solution."
Let's hope you're right, but I note that the ITU isn't an
inter-governmental organization, it's (depending on which part of their
web site you believe) a specialized agency of the United Nations, or an
organization based on public-private partnership since its inception, with
a membership of 193 countries and over 700 private-sector entities and
academic institutions. Sounds totally multistakeholder to me.
Unhelpfully,
John
PS: And the ITU is definitely not a solution.
